Three face heroin charges in Franklin

Friday

Jul 18, 2014 at 10:44 PMJul 18, 2014 at 10:44 PM

By Matt TotaDaily News Staff

FRANKLIN — Police arrested three Franklin residents on heroin charges Thursday after an extensive drug investigation and surveillance operation involving more than 10 officers.A little after 1 p.m. Thursday, investigators used a warrant to search the Sunset Road home of a suspected heroin dealer. Patrolmen and undercover detectives had been monitoring the home for drug dealing, police said.Dylan J. Sullivan, 21, of 25 Sunset Road, was charged with possession of a Class A substance with intent to distribute, distribution of a Class A substance and conspiracy to violate state drug laws, police said.Sullivan, police said, admitted selling heroin and was arrested with two bags of a brown substance that later tested positive for the opiate. He had hidden the second bag in his underwear, police said.During the search, police said they confiscated cash, cellphones, plastic bags and digital scales. And they found a plastic container with a bag of marijuana and a white powder they said was used to dilute the heroin.Police also arrested Sullivan’s mother, Ellen M. Sullivan, 51, of 25 Sunset Road, on drug charges.In Ellen Sullivan’s room, police said they found a brown line of powder — believed to be heroin — on her nightstand, as well as suboxone and hydrocodone pills, both prescription opiates.As police were searching Sullivan’s home, two people arrived and were briefly held and questioned. One was cleared, while police arrested the other, Michael C. McKie, 19, of 40 Highridge Circle, police said.McKie, police said, had a baggie of brown powder, later identified as heroin, in his wallet. He was charged with possession of a Class A substance, police said.Matt Tota can be reached at 508-634-6521 or mtota@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @matttotamdn.